PERRY
William Perry: Music for Great Films of the Silent Era Michael Chertock (piano), Helen Kearns (soprano) / RTÉ National Symphony, Paul Phillips [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] |
PFITZNER
Palestrina (Complete Opera - 1973 recording) Nicolai Gedda, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Helen Donath, Brigitte Fassbaender / Tolzer Knabenchor & Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunk [ Brilliant Classics Opera Collection / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Apr/2009 ] 'It is that sense of communion established by the conductor and orchestra that above all makes this a recorded performance to cherish.' Gramophone, 1974 |
MEREDITH WILSON
The Music Man (Original Broadway Cast Recording 1957) Barbara Cook, Robert Preston,Helen Raymond,Paul Reed, Vern Reed, and others [ Naxos Nostalgia Musicals / CD - released 26/Oct/2009 ] Just call him 'Iowa Stubborn'. It took Meredith Wilson eight years and 32 drafts to bring his childhood memories of Iowa onto the stage, but anyone who has ever sat entranced by The Music Man will agree that it was well worth it. Willson was a... |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
The Poisoned Kiss (Compete opera) Pamela Helen Stephen mezzo-soprano; Roderick Williams baritone; Graham-Hall tenor; Richard Suart baritone; Adrian Partington Singers; BBC National Orc [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 12/Nov/2003 ] "So it's a damp pastiche of G&S: does that matter when the music is so glorious?" - Editor's Choice (Gramophone Magazine) January 2004 |
JOSEF HAYDN
Masses 'Nelsonmesse' / Missa brevis Pamela Helen Stephen, Stephen Varcoe, Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD - released 1/May/1999 ] "Choose Hickox, for his more palpable sense of physical and spiritual elation, and for the beauty and intensity of Gritton's contribution" (Gramophone) |
LAMBERT / RAVEL / FAURE / SCHUMANN / FARR / etc
Love's Nature Pepe Becker (soprano) Helen Webby (harp) [ Ode Records / CD - released 10/Dec/2010 ] The first release on the Ode label for 2011 is harpist Helen Webby and soprano Pepe Becker's album Love's Nature. |
BEETHOVEN
Mass Op 86 / Meeresstille und Gluckliche Fahrt Op 112 / etc Rebecca Evans, Pamela Helen Stephen, Mark Padmore, Stephen Varcoe / Collegium Musicum 90 / Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Nov/2003 ] 'The Chandos team specialises in full and juicy recordings, and one of the joys of CHAN 0703, a Beethoven disc dominated by the Mass in C, Op. 86, lies in its well-balanced sound. No hiding under the orchestras coat-tails for the choir of Collegium... |
BEETHOVEN
Mass, Op. 86 in C major / Elegischer Gesang, Op. 118; etc Rebecca Evans (soprano) Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo-soprano) Mark Padmore (tenor) Stephen Varcoe (baritone) / Collegium Musicum 90; Richard Hickox [ Chandos Chaconne / CD - released 12/Nov/2003 ] "Beethoven's radical rethink of the liturgy engenders a joyous reading from Hickox." - Editor's Choice (Gramophone Magazine) January 2004 |
JEROME KERN
Showboat (1932, 1946) Paul Robeson, Elisabeth Welch, Jan Clayton, Helen Morgan & others [ Naxos Nostalgia Musicals / CD - released 23/May/2005 ] Show Boat shares something with the Mississippi River so central to its story: it never flows the same way twice. Perhaps more than any other work in modern theatre, Show Boat has varied with each new incarnation, due to changes in political or... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Mass in E flat major, D950 Susan Gritton, Pamela Helen Stephen, Mark Padmore, James Gilchrist / Collegium Musicum 90 / Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Mar/2008 ] Schubert's final mass and most ambitious setting was composed during the summer of 1828, only months before his death. It was premiered posthumously, on October 4, 1829, under the direction of his brother, Ferdinand. |
HUMMEL
Mass in D minor / Salve Regina Susan Gritton / Pamela Helen Stephen / Mark Padmore / Stephen Varcoe / Collegium Musicum 90 / Richard Hickox (conductor) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Oct/2005 ] 'But Susan Gritton sings it [Salve Regina] with gusto, while she and the other soloists form a well-blended quartet in the Mass, whose performance under Hickox is confident and shapely, as well delivered in warm lucid sound.' BBC Music Magazine |
J. S. BACH
Cantatas BWV51, BWV202. BWV10, BWV80, BWV140, etc Suzanne Danco, Helen Watts, Werner Krenn, Tom Krause / Wiener Akademie Chor / Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Karl Muchinger [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2013 ] "excellently transparent and well-detailed Decca digital recording and a fine team of soloists ... the chorus' vigorous contribution is given striking body and presence" - [BWV 80 and 140] Gramophone. |
Jason Howard, Helen Hobson, David Shannon, Emma Kershaw, Dave Willetts, Zoe Tyler, etc
100 Great Musicals [6 CD set] [ Silva Screen / 6 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2010 ] Featuring tunes from Show Boat, Anything Goes, Porgy And Bess, Oklahoma, Annie Get Your Gun, Kiss Me Kate, South Pacific, My Fair Lady, West Side Story, Fiddler On The Roof, Cabaret, Hair, Evita, Cats, Phantom of the Opera, Starlight Express and more! |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
The Little Sweep, Op. 45 / Cantata Academica, Op. 62 Jennifer Vyvyan, Helen Watts, Peter Pears, Owen Brannigan, London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, George Malcolm / English Opera Group, Benjamin Britte [ Heritage / CD - released 23/Jan/2012 ] Two of Britten's rarities, his children's opera The Little Sweep and the Cantata Academica, have been unavailable for several years. The definitive recordings made with the English Opera Group and the London Symphony Orchestra are now available on... |
FORCES' SWEETHEART / HEART-THROBS OF WWII
Forces' Sweetheart & Heart-Throbs of World War II Judy Garland, Vera Lynn, Connee Boswell, Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, The Andrew Sisters, Helen Ward, Peggy Lee, Mary Martin, etc [ Retrospective / 2 CD - released 25/Jul/2011 ] The definitive album of wartime nostalgia: 20 forces' sweethearts and 21 of their heart-throb male counterparts sing 50 great songs, mostly on the theme of parted lovers. For all the soldiers, sailors and airmen parted from their loved ones during... |
Various artists including The Andrews Sisters, Ella Fitzgerald, Helen Forrest, Vera Lynn & Tony Martin
Great Songs Of 1940 [ Bygone Days / Delta / CD - released 9/Sep/2008 ] A unique collection of original recordings sympathetically remastered. 25 tracks showcasing the greatest hits of 1940. |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Cantatas [Complete on 71 CDs plus CDR] Helen Donath, Arleen Auger, Christoph Pregardian, Christine Schafer, Andreas Achmidt, Peter Schreier, Matthias Goerne, etc, Helmuth Rilling (cond) [ Hanssler Classic / 71 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2011 ] At the center of Bach's amazing output stand the more than 200 surviving cantatas. While these works are rightly regarded as timeless masterpieces, the majority were performed only once or twice. Bach's church cantatas were composed during just 20... |
Vienna Symphonic Orchestra / Erich Leinsdorf / Helen Donath / Werner Hollweg
Strauss, Johann - Famous Works [ Silverline Classics / Am@ado / Cascade / DVD - released 5/Jul/2004 ] G :- All Regions - Regular 1.33:1 / 4:3 - Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround / Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo - Colour - 90 Minutes - PAL 'His popularity is immense: in all parts of the world melodies by Johann Strauss can be heard and in our part of the... |